Goalie Devon Wills turned in a masterful performance leading Team USA to a 8-7 Win over Australia and thus retaking the Ladies Lacrosse World Cup lost 4 years ago in Annapolis. Caitlyn McFadden and Acacia Walker played key roles down the stretch for Team USA.
Six Terrapins will play in the finals of the World Cup of Ladies Lacrosse. The following is the excerpt from umdterps.com.
Terps Dominant in FIL World Cup SemifinalsU.S., Australia advance to World Cup Championship Game on Saturday at 9 a.m. (EST)
June 25, 2009
PRAGUE, Czech Republic – The Maryland Women’s lacrosse program made a big impact on the world stage Thursday as current and former Terps squared off in both semifinal matches … Read More »
Caitlyn McFadden and Acacia Walker (1 current and 1 ex-terp ) helped lead the USA to its 4th straight win in the World Cup Challenge in Prague. Australia. Jen Adams leads a contingent of 4 Terrapins including Sarah Mollison, on the Australia team.The USA bounced back from a 5-0 start and a 9-4 Australia halftime lead. Look for these 2 teams to meet in the title game later this week.
From umterps.com comes the following story. Current and former Terps represent USA, Wales, Canada, Ireland and Australia as the 2009 FIL Women’s World Cup commences in Prague, Czech Republic June 17-27. Pool play began with matches on Thursday and immediately pinned two current Terrapins against each other as sophomore Laura Merrifield and England battled junior Caitlyn McFadden and Team USA. After a slow start, the U.S. went on a devastating 9-0 run to break open the game after a 6-6 tie at halftime. In … Read More »
The Maryland Lady Lacrosse Terrapins fell 2 games short of a perfect season in 09 but Caitlyn Mcfadden continues to win national accolades. She was named National Midfielder of the Year. Caitlyn has 2 years left to achieve the perfect season for the Terps
Hats off to Kelly Amonte Hiller for leading her Wildcats to their 5th consecutive NCAA Championship. But the dream match up never occurred. What happened? This was not the Terrapin team I saw throughout the year. North Carolina was not really in Maryland’s league. That being said, the Lady Terps just seemed flat. Sometimes an undefeated team is taken out of it game by trailing late, but the Terps battled from behind often through the year displaying a swagger that … Read More »
Terp Talk Thursday Night 5-21-09
Host–Bruce Posner Co Host –Dino
Guest– David Katz from sportsfanlive.com– Live in studio
Subjects—Women’s Lacrosse Quest for NCAA Title, Greivis Works out for the Wizards, Lance Stephenson Back in the Picture
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The pupil defeated the teacher today as Cathy Reese defeated one of her mentors, the legendary Gary Gait, and will enter her first final four as a coach next weekend at Johnny Unitas Stadium on the Towson University Campus. I remember back to last year when a great Maryland team was upset in the quarterfinals and missed the final four at Towson. Cathy was upset having to watch rather then be in the 2 semifinal matchups. Well her response was … Read More »
Thursday night at 6PM EST we will air a replay of the April 30, 2009 show that featured Montrose Coach Stu Vetter talking about recent Maryland verbal commit, Terrence Ross and an interview with Caitlyn Mcfadden, Maryland lacrosse star. Listen live on ESPN 1300 AM or listen in on the site by clicking listen live. The show is streamed on TerpTalk.com.
To no one’s surprise, Maryland Middie Caitlyn McFadden was named as a finalist for Lacrosse’s most prestigious award. Listen to her tomorrow night ona replay of the April 30 Terp Talk.
McFadden, a junior, has racked up a team-best 77 points this season for the 19-0 Terps. A tri-captain, McFadden has led a youth-laden squad that did not regularly start a senior to an unblemished regular season, an ACC championship and the program’s 20th consecutive bid to the NCAA tournament. … Read More »
